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What is the best way to stay in the Premier League – Aston Villa vs Newcastle United

Newcastle United beat Aston Villa 2-1 to take a huge step towards staying in the Premier League for another season.
What made this game even more interesting was that both teams have conducted themselves very differently in the January transfer window but who will ultimately be successful.

Newcastle have signed a number of players this window particularly from France and in the first half they dominated the game and there was only one winner. There new signings had given the club a lift and all the players were enjoying the game. However, the second half the game completely changed and Aston Villa probably deserved a point with the amount of pressure they put on the Newcastle goal. Fortunately for the North east team Tim Krul was in good form and they held on for the three points. So the game showed two different things to me, number one being that new signings can make a huge difference to a team lacking in confidence and number two being that when the going gets tough and you want your team to be committed possibly having younger players in the team can be a positive thing.

Sissoko was crucial in the victory

I didn’t believe Newcastle were going down this season but there was always the possibility and with some very tough games coming up three points was crucial at Villa Park. The main strength of what Newcastle have done in this transfer window is that they have signed players that can gel and with a lot of French speakers in the squad it won’t take them long to settle into the club. However, a weakness of buying so many players in the January transfer window is that they do not have time to adjust to the pace of the Premier League and if they had started off slowly they may never have picked up.

Onto Aston Villa and they haven’t done anything in the transfer window and are relying on what they have. They have a young team with a lot of potential but not enough experience and that could work against them as the season goes on and if it keeps going the way it is, the players may let their heads drop and if that happens it is most certainly game over. But, if Paul Lambert can keep them positive then their youth and inexperience could work in their favour because they should have no fear which they showed in the second half against Newcastle.

Weimann provided a spark for Villa

When you are in a relegation battle in the Premier League in my opinion you do need to bring in players that are going to settle quickly and this is why I think Newcastle have a better chance of staying up. Also, to me it seems like Randy Lerner, Paul Lambert and Aston Villa are preparing for life in the Championship already by not putting any money into the club. I don’t want to see Lambert get sacked simply because with that team I don’t think much can be done so the problem is Randy Lerner in my eyes and their current predicament reminds me a lot of Newcastle when they got relegated.